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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to authorize agricultural producers to establish and contribute to tax-exempt farm risk management accounts.

USA115th CongressHR-1400| House 
| Updated: 3/7/2017
Eric A. "Rick" Crawford

Eric A. "Rick" Crawford

Republican Representative

Arkansas

Cosponsors (5)
Steven M. Palazzo (Republican)J. French Hill (Republican)Ralph Lee Abraham (Republican)A. Drew Ferguson (Republican)Bruce Westerman (Republican)

Ways and Means Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Farm Risk Abatement and Mitigation Election Act of 2017 or the FRAME Act of 201 7 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish tax-exempt farm risk management accounts (FRAME accounts) and allow taxpayers actively engaged in the business of farming or ranching to use distributions from such accounts to protect the solvency of the farm to which the FRAME account relates and to procure revenue or crop insurance; (2) allow a deduction from gross income for cash contributions to such accounts; (3) specify minimum levels of contributions to, and maximum levels of distributions from, such accounts; (4) set forth tax rules relating to account distributions, excess contributions, and prohibited transactions; and (5) allow a variable business-related tax credit for contributions made to a FRAME account in the first nine years after such account is established.
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Timeline
Mar 7, 2017
Introduced in House
Mar 7, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • March 7, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • March 7, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Taxation

Agricultural insuranceAgricultural prices, subsidies, creditBank accounts, deposits, capitalBusiness investment and capitalIncome tax creditsIncome tax deductions

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to authorize agricultural producers to establish and contribute to tax-exempt farm risk management accounts.

USA115th CongressHR-1400| House 
| Updated: 3/7/2017
Farm Risk Abatement and Mitigation Election Act of 2017 or the FRAME Act of 201 7 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish tax-exempt farm risk management accounts (FRAME accounts) and allow taxpayers actively engaged in the business of farming or ranching to use distributions from such accounts to protect the solvency of the farm to which the FRAME account relates and to procure revenue or crop insurance; (2) allow a deduction from gross income for cash contributions to such accounts; (3) specify minimum levels of contributions to, and maximum levels of distributions from, such accounts; (4) set forth tax rules relating to account distributions, excess contributions, and prohibited transactions; and (5) allow a variable business-related tax credit for contributions made to a FRAME account in the first nine years after such account is established.
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Timeline
Mar 7, 2017
Introduced in House
Mar 7, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • March 7, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • March 7, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Eric A. "Rick" Crawford

Eric A. "Rick" Crawford

Republican Representative

Arkansas

Cosponsors (5)
Steven M. Palazzo (Republican)J. French Hill (Republican)Ralph Lee Abraham (Republican)A. Drew Ferguson (Republican)Bruce Westerman (Republican)

Ways and Means Committee

Taxation

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Agricultural insuranceAgricultural prices, subsidies, creditBank accounts, deposits, capitalBusiness investment and capitalIncome tax creditsIncome tax deductions